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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Paisley Park Sets Date for Historic Celebration, Four Days to Honor and Celebrate the Life and Legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson

Prince’s Paisley Park in
Chanhassen, Minnesota has announced dates for a four-day special event,
CELEBRATION 2017, which will honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Prince,
as the world marks the first anniversary of his passing. Fans worldwide are
expected to attend this exclusive event, which will be held April 20 through
23, 2017 at Paisley Park, Prince’s legendary production complex. Bringing
together musicians, creative personnel, special guests and friends who worked
closest with Prince and knew him best, these four days will feature live music,
panel discussions and presentations on Prince’s tremendous talent, influence
and importance as a composer, musician, producer, live performer and filmmaker.

Four-day VIP and General Admission Passes are now available
while supply lasts at the Paisley Park website, OfficialPaisleyPark.com.
General Admission Passes include up to five hours of event programming each day
on all four days, including access to four exclusive concert events. VIP Passes
are bundled with added benefits including VIP concert seating, on-site parking,
photo and autograph opportunities with special guests, exclusive merchandise
and a meal pass. Individual day passes are not available at this time.

Bands scheduled to perform include The Revolution, Morris
Day and The Time, and members of the New Power Generation and 3RDEYEGIRL.
Programming details and additional special guests will be announced in the
coming weeks. For the latest updates on the event lineup and special guest
announcements, visit OfficialPaisleyPark.com and sign up for the email updates
from Paisley Park.

Celebration 2017 will reflect the spirit of the inaugural
Prince: A Celebration event, hosted by Prince and held at Paisley Park between
June 7-13, 2000. This event welcomed fans from around the world into an
immersive Prince experience that showcased Paisley Park, many of Prince’s
rarely seen stage wardrobe and instruments, alongside special events and
exclusive music performances. In subsequent years, Prince hosted similar
immersive fan experiences, first in 2001 with Prince: A Celebration “The
Rainbow Children” and in 2002 with Xenophobia. Celebration 2017 will carry on
in this spirit of community and connection, welcoming Prince fans from
everywhere into a truly unique and celebratory experience that will highlight
the life, unique achievements and enduring legacy of Prince Rogers Nelson.

Paisley Park opened for public tours last month, providing
fans worldwide with an unprecedented opportunity to experience first-hand what
it was like for Prince to create, produce and perform inside this private
sanctuary and remarkable production complex. Visitors can see artifacts from
Prince’s personal archives, including iconic concert wardrobe, awards, musical
instruments, artwork, rare music and video recordings and motorcycles. The
reception and reviews from fans and media who took the tour during its opening
month have been tremendous, with visitors calling it an incredible, must-see
experience.

On December 1, 2016, Paisley Park will expand and enhance
its tour of the legendary production complex by offering new, themed fan
experience packages, in addition to the current General Admission and VIP
tours. These new tour options will offer fans and visitors from around the
world an even more in-depth, fully-dimensional Paisley Park experience with
dance parties, dining experiences, recording opportunities, concert films and
movies – evoking the activities and special events that Prince would often host
at Paisley and bring to his fans. For details and to purchase tickets, visit
OfficialPaisleyPark.com.

Prince sold over 100 million records worldwide, making him
one of the best-selling artists of all time. He won seven GRAMMY® Awards, a
Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award® for the film “Purple Rain,” all of
which are displayed at Paisley Park. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2004, the first year of his eligibility. Prince was born in
Minneapolis and resided in the Minneapolis area throughout his life.

Paisley Park is located at 7801 Audubon Road, Chanhassen,
Minnesota, approximately 30 minutes outside of Minneapolis. For more
information about Paisley Park, visit OfficialPaisleyPark.com.

Paisley Park, Prince’s private estate and production
compound in Chanhassen offers fans of the late music icon the unprecedented
opportunity to tour the legendary, 65,000-square-foot complex that served as
the center of Prince’s creative universe. Operated by PPark Management, guided
tours take visitors throughout the extensive main floor of Paisley Park,
including recording and mixing studios where Prince recorded, produced and
mixed most of his biggest hits, exhibit spaces that chronicle films such as
Purple Rain and Graffiti Bridge, Prince’s private NPG Music Club, and a massive
soundstage and concert hall where Prince rehearsed for concert tours and held
exclusive, private events and concerts. The tour also features thousands of
artifacts from Prince’s personal archives, including iconic concert wardrobe,
awards, musical instruments and concert memorabilia. Paisley Park is located at
7801 Audubon Road, Chanhassen, Minnesota, approximately 20 minutes from
Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport. For more information about Paisley
Park, visit OfficialPaisleyPark.com.